The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-07
THROUGu THE STATE.


Accidents and Incidents in West Virgins
md Vicinity.
The Hinton Herald is using itsmightiest
efforts toward securing wGter.wofks fol
that town. $50. y,
a Jefferson county man named Pastor
committed suicide few days since BY
shooting himself in the head with shot.
gun. The act was committed while hs
was in o condition Of melancholy. Z
W. T. LoYelle, Of Bslpre, was one OF The
Panhandle brakemen convicted OF steal.
ing OF Pittsburgh. His father was crezsd
with grief and on Monday terminated his
borrow by drowning himself in the Ohio
river. 81, 5.
A very pleasant Fourth Of July celebra,
ton and basket picnic, in the interest oil
the prohibition movement, was held il
Smiths Sugar Grove, on Pierce's Run,
Brooke county. Several interesting ad.
dresses were made. l &.
A little son OF James Yontz, oil. Martins.
burg, was standing near a stoyo as Lie
mother lifted or the coffee put. The
handle broke and the boiling contents
were spilled over the child ecalding it 60
that its recovery is doubtful.
Noah, q l5.yesr. old son OF Isasc Am.
nons, OF Monongalia county, was riding q
colt, when the animal became excited and
manageable, and threw him against a
fence stake, his feet hanging in the stir.
rurs. He was dragged about twelve iest,
and very severely injured. s5
THO ! Ranceverte News says that Ben
Hurxthsl, of that place, has q half inter.
cot in tract Of elk thousand acres Of land
on the north fork OF Anthony's Greek, as
rich in ore, coal and lumber as any land
in the State, and heavily timbered, which
he expects to see developed at an early
day. ~ II -
Hamilton Wykle, Of Monroe county
who hed been blowing unhitehed his horee
from his pillow and tieing the lines to his
hand sat down in the ahade to allow the
animal to graze. It became frightened at
como object and ran OF dragging the IN.
fortunate man over the rough ground till
the life WAS kicked and battered out OF
him. b VI s7,sS;
Wayne Ferguson, Of Wayne county, was
driving a party OF friends home irom q
church dedication when the brake to his
wagon become deranged, and being una
BILE to hold the wagon in check, the team,
wagon and load vera prscipitaled down q
steep declivity. The occupanta Of the
wagon escaped injury by jnmpingout, but
Mra. Blair Marshall was thrown between
the bed and wheel Of the wagon. One
arm was broken ct the. wrist and she was
otherwise hurt. ..,57lI
While Mr.. end Mrs. Abner Wharton.
OF Wood county, were away from their
home one Of their children, a boy about
thirteen years old, got hold Of an old ahot.
gun and some buckshot and started out
to hunt. In attempting to walk on an old
sycamore log he fell, the gun wes dis.
charged and eix OF the shot entered his
back, while the rest OF the load struck him
in the right arm Just above the wrist, and
completely stripped the flesh from one
side OF the arm up to the elbow. b
George Holloway, an inmate OF tho
Grant county Jail, died a few days einoe
His case seems to have been yery sad
one. He was about seventeen yeara Of
age, mad not friend in the world it aeem,
ed, land although he WAS only charged
with the stealing OF an old pistol, worth a
few cents, and not entirely clear that he
stole it, be had to 90 to jail, in default oi
bail, 1t being tho best that could be done
for him. The boy was not "riehtn in his
mead, and his confinement worked on his
mind. Heart disease was pronounced the
cause Of his death. f4{ - 80
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The Presidents car Of the Cain :, lb,,, ,,
Hooking Valley & Toledo railroad VIVA in
!Parkersburg a few days since having on
board number OF prominent railroad and
Standard oil officials. The car was rho
principal attraction, however. being Tho
finest ever seen there. 1t Is seventy. Va
ieet long and embodies every device and
e1empii1es the highest art OF the Pullman
Company. It cost SCI, 900 and is finished in
spotted mahogany and terra Gotta plnsb
the dining room being finished in wh;ta
wood, hand carved. The party went down
TO Point Pleasant in the car on a tour of
b s3 'o "'-.5 "
Hampshire county was visited bv, 500, ooo
9nd Waterspout a few days since that did
damage almost equal to that done by tho
one that played such havoc about Ma.
In that county come time
since. Two enormous iunnel.sbanej
'louas Wero seen approaching each othesS
'ne from the north, the other from H.
outh; and when they met, II Sam al ' ~
hought tho overturned air could M ioaa 90
uppots their weight, and they ,Tronpss ei
ttuaai "; on Inc earth. In an instant. efea 1
ba h;lI o. water wero pouring down fro o
n zen mus y all directions; and but a feW
minutes ~ elapsed until an amount Of dam
ge was done to land aud cropH " wS %ai,'
or s;g tho extremely limited area u
~ disturbance, was unparalleled in tho
oonty's history; Along hotlittle stre am